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ARIANE 5 TO LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR

TWO LONG-STANDING CLIENTS: EUTELSAT & B-SAT
Arianespace continues to set the global standard in launch services for
operators in Europe, the Americas and Japan.
For its third launch of the year, Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 to orbit
communications satellites for two long-standing customers: Eurobird for
Eutelsat, and BSAT-2a for B-SAT of Japan, as part of a turnkey contract
with Orbital Sciences Corp. of the United States.

EUROBIRDTM is the 14th Eutelsat satellite to opt for the European

launch system. Built by Alcatel Space in Cannes, southern France, it
will be positioned at 28.5 degrees East as part of Eutelsat’s fleet of
satellites providing communications services for Europe, North Africa
and the Middle East.
Two more Eutelsat satellites are slated for Arianespace launches in
2001.

BSAT-2a will be the third B-SAT satellite launched by Arianespace,

following BSAT-1a on Flight 95 and BSAT-1b on Flight 108. Today,
more than 16 million households receive programs broadcast by
these two satellites.
BSAT-2a is the 15th satellite to be launched by Ariane for Japan.
Out of 24 commercial satellite launch contracts open for bid in Japan,
Arianespace has won 18. In addition, Ariane launched the Japanese
experimental satellite LDREX for Japanese space agency NASDA on
Flight 138.
A second satellite, BSAT-2b is scheduled for launch on Flight 141 in
June 2001.
BSAT-2a and 2b are both built by Orbital Sciences Corp.

1 - ARIANESPACE FLIGHT 140 MISSION.

2 - RANGE OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN :
ARIANE 140 – EUROBIRDTM – BSAT-2a.
3 - LAUNCH COUNTDOWN AND FLIGHT EVENTS.
4 - FLIGHT 140 TRAJECTORY.
5 - THE ARIANE 5 LAUNCH VEHICLE.
6 - THE EUROBIRDTM SATELLITE.
7 - THE BSAT-2a SATELLITE.

APPENDIX
1. Flight 140 Key personnel.
2. Launch environment conditions.
3. Synchronized sequence.
4. ARIANESPACE orderbook.
5. ARIANESPACE, ITS RELATIONS WITH ESA AND CNES.

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1. ARIANESPACE FLIGHT 140 MISSION

The 140th Ariane launch (Flight 140/Ariane 509) will use an Ariane 5 to place 2 satellites
into geostationary transfer orbit: the EUROBIRDTM and BSAT-2a telecommunications satellites.
The launch will be carried out from the ELA 3 launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
For Arianespace, this marks the sixth commercial mission of the new Ariane 5 launcher.
Arianespace has performed 2 other launches this year (2 ARIANE 4).
The Ariane 509 launcher will carry a dual payload of 5,297 kg (10,594 lb), including 4,367 kg
(9,607.4 lb) for the satellites.

INJECTION ORBIT
Perigee altitude 860 km
Apogee altitude 35 786 km at injection
Inclination 2° degrees

The launch was previously slated for March 2, 2001, but was delayed to perform
complementary checks. The lift-off is scheduled on the night of March 8 to 9, 2001 as soon as
possible within the following launch window :

LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY
Universal time (GMT) Paris time Tokyo time Washington time Kourou time
Between 10: 51 pm 11: 51 pm 07: 51 am 05: 51 pm 07:51 pm
and 11: 47 pm 12: 47 am 08: 47 am 06: 47 pm 08:47 pm
on March 8, 2001 March 8/9, 2001 March 9, 2001 March 8, 2001 March 8, 2001

ARIANE 509 PAYLOAD CONFIGURATION

The EUROBIRDTM satellite was built by Alcatel Space in
Cannes, France, for Eutelsat.
Orbital position: 28.5° East, over Central Africa.
EUROBIRDTM
The BSAT-2a satellite was built by Orbital Sciences
Corporation in Dulles, Virginia (USA), for Orbital
Sciences Corp for Japanese operator, B-SAT.
Orbital position: 110° East, above the Island of Borneo.

BSAT-2a

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2. RANGE OPERATIONS CAMPAIGN :

ARIANE 5 – EUROBIRDTM/ BSAT-2a

The actual work for satellite range operations lasts 22 working days for EUROBIRDTM from
its arrival in Kourou (before beginning combined operations).
The actual work for satellite range operations lasts 16 working days for BSAT-2a from its
arrival in Kourou (before beginning combined operations).
The ARIANE 5 preparation campaign lasts 32 working days.

SATELLITES AND LAUNCH VEHICLE CAMPAIGN CALENDAR

Ariane activities Dates Satellites activities
Campaign start review January 17, 2001
EPC Erection January 18, 2001
EAP transfer and positionning January 22, 2001
Integration EPC/EAP January 23, 2001
EPS Erection January 25, 2001
Integration equipement bay January 29, 2001
January 25, 2001 Arrival in Kourou and beginning of EUROBIRDTM preparation
campaign in S1B building.
January 31, 2001 Arrival in Kourou and beginning of BSAT-2a preparation
campaign in S1A building.
February 9, 2001 Transfert of EUROBIRDTM into the S3B building.
February 9, 2001 Transfert of BSAT-2a into the S3A building.
February 9, 2001 Beginning of EUROBIRDTM filling operations in S3B building.
February 10, 2001 Beginning of BSAT-2a filling operations in S3A building.
February 13, 2001 ROLL-OUT FROM BIL to BAF

SATELLITE AND LAUNCH VEHICLE CAMPAIGN FINAL CALENDAR

J-10 Saturday, Feb 17 EUROBIRDTM integration on Sylda.
J-9 Monday, Feb 19 BSAT-2a integration on launcher.
J-8 Thursday, Feb 22 Mating of upper composite (Sylda + EurobirdTM + fairings) on launcher.
J-6 Monday, Feb 26 Filling of SCA with N2H4.
J-5 Wednesday, Feb 28 Filling of EPS stage with MMH and N2O4.
J-4 Thursday, March 1 LAUNCH REHEARSAL and presurization of EPC and EPS spheres.
J-3 Monday, March 5 Launcher arming.
J-2 Tuesday, March 6 LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW (RAL) and final mechanical preparation of launcher.
J-1 Wednesday, March 7 ROLL-OUT FROM BAF to LAUNCH AREA and filling of the EPC Helium sphere.
J-0 Thursday, March 8 LAUNCH COUNTDOWN including EPC filling with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.

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3 - LAUNCH COUNTDOWN AND FLIGHT EVENTS :

The countdown comprises all final preparation steps for the launcher, the satellites and the
launch site. If it proceeds as planned, the countdown leads to the ignition of the main stage
engine, then the two solid boosters, for a liftoff at the targeted time, as early as possible in the
satellites launch window.
The countdown culminates in a synchronized sequence (see appendix 3), which is managed by
the control station and onboard computers starting at T-6 minutes 30 s.
If an interruption in the countdown means that T-0 falls outside the launch window, then the
launch will be delayed by one, two or more days, depending on the problem involved, and the
solution developed.

Time Events
– 9h 00 mn Start of final countdown.
– 7h 30 mn Check of electrical systems.
– 5h 20 mn Start of filling of main cryogenic stage with liquid oxygen and helium.
– 3h 20 mn Chilldown of Vulcain main stage engine.
– 1h 15 mn Check of connections between launcher and telemetry, tracking and command systems.
– 6 mn 30 s "All systems go" report, allowing START OF SYNCHRONIZED SEQUENCE.
– 35 s Start of automated ignition sequence.
– 22 s Authorization for control handover to onboard computer.
– 03 s Onboard systems take over.
– 02 s Unlocking of inertial guidance systems to flight mode.

HO IGNITION of the cryogenic main stage engine (EPC)

+7,0 s Ignition of solid boosters.
+7,3 s Liftoff.
+ 13 s End of vertical climb and beginning of pitch rotation (10 seconds duration).
+ 17 s Beginning of roll maneuver.
+ 2 mn 25 s Jettisoning of solid boosters.
+ 3 mn 14 s Jettisoning of fairing.
+ 8 mn 30 s Acquisition by Natal tracking station.
+ 9 mn 40 s Extinction of main cryogenic stage.
+ 9 mn 46 s Separation of main cryogenic stage.
+ 9 mn 53 s Ignition of storable propellant stage.
+ 12 mn 51 s Acquisition by Ascension tracking station.
+ 22 mn 16 s Acquisition by Malindi tracking station.
+ 26 mn 37 s Extinction of storable propellant stage.
+ 29 mn 13 s Separation of EUROBIRDTM satellite.
+ 32 mn 29 s Separation of SYLDA 5 satellite.
+ 36 mn 21 s Separation of BSAT-2a satellite.
+ 51 mn 39 s End of ARIANESPACE Flight 140 mission.

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4 - FLIGHT 140 TRAJECTORY :

The launcher’s attitude and trajectory are totally controlled by the two onboard computers,
located in the Ariane 5 vehicle equipment bay (VEB).
7.05 seconds after ignition of the main stage cryogenic engine at T-0, the two solid-propellant
boosters are ignited, enabling liftoff. The launcher first climbs vertically for 6 seconds, then
rotates towards the East. It maintains an attitude that ensures the axis of the launcher remains
parallel to its velocity vector, in order to minimize aerodynamic loads throughout the entire
atmospheric phase, until the solid boosters are jettisoned.
Once this first part of the flight is completed, the onboard computer optimizes the trajectory
in real time, minimizing propellant consumption to bring the launcher first to the intermediate
orbit targeted at the end of the main stage propulsion phase, and then the final orbit at the
end of the flight of the upper (storable propellant) stage.
The main stage falls back off the coast of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. On orbital
injection, the launcher will have attained a velocity of approximately 9,055 meters/second,
and will be at an altitude of about 1,750 kilometers.
The fairing protecting the EUROBIRDTM/BSAT-2a spacecrafts is jettisoned shortly after the
boosters are jettisoned at about T+195 seconds.

STANDARD ARIANE 5 TRAJECTORY FOR GEOSTATIONARY TRANSFER ORBIT

Trajectoire de lancement Orbite géostationnaire

Launch trajectory Geostationary orbit

Orbite de transfert géostationnaire

Geostationary transfer orbit

Séparation
du satellite
Satellite
Allumage separation
de l’EPS
Upper stage
ignition 200 km

Séparation
et mise à feu
de l’EPC
Main stage 150 km
separation
and burnout
EPC re-entrée
Séparation Main stage
de la coiffe 100 km breakup
Payload
fairing
jettisoned

Séparation 50 km
des EAP
Solid rocket
booster
separation

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5 - ARIANE 5 LAUNCHER

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6 - THE EUROBIRDTM SATELLITE :

Customer EUTELSAT
Prime contractor Alcatel Space – Cannes (France)
Mission Telecommunications

Mass Total mass at lift-off 3 050 kg

Stabilization 3 axis stabilized
Dimensions 3.48 x 3.35 x 2.26 m
Span in orbit 29 m

Plate-form Spacebus 3000

Payload 24 Ku band transponders each with 90W power
Bandwidth per channel 72 and 33 MHz
Frequency bands 12.75 to 13 GHz
On-board power 5,53 kW (at end of life)
Life time 12.5 years
Orbital position 28.5° East, above Central Africa

Press Contact :

Vanessa O’CONNOR
EUTELSAT
Tél. : 33 (0) 1 53 98 47 57
e-mail : voconnor@eutelsat.fr

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7 - THE BSAT-2a SATELLITE :

Customer ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. (USA) for B-SAT Corp. (Japan)

Prime contractor Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, Virginia
Mission Telecommunications Direct Broadcasting.

Mass Total mass at lift-off 1,317 kg (2,897.4 lb)

Dry mass 535 kg (1,177 lb)
Stabilization 3 axis
Dimensions Height 3.76 x 2.49 x 2.03 m
Span in orbit 16,10 m

Model STAR
Payload 4 Ku band transponders
Uplink 17.25-17.65 GHz
Downlink 11.65-12.05 GHz
On-board power 2,6 kW (at begining of life).
Life time 10 years
Orbital position 110°Est, above the Island of Borneo
Coverage area Japan

Press Contact :

Barron BENESKI
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION
Tél. (+1) (703) 406-5000
E-mail : beneski.barron@orbital.com

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ANNEX 1 - ARIANESPACE FLIGHT 140 KEY PERSONNEL

In charge of the launch compaign
Mission Director (CM) Daniel MURE ARIANESPACE

In charge of the launch service contracts

BSAT-2a program director and (RCUA) Michael CALLARI ARIANESPACE
ARIANE Payload Manager
EUROBIRDTM program director and (RCUA/A) Véronique SEGUIN ARIANESPACE
ARIANE Deputy Mission Manager

In charge of EUROBIRDTM satellite

Satellite Mission Director (DMS) Jean-Jacques DUMESNIL EUTELSAT
Satellite Project Director (CPS) Raphaël MUSSALIAN EUTELSAT
Satellite Preparation Manager (RPS) Jean-Luc LELIEVRE ALCATEL SPACE

In charge of BSAT-2a satellite

Satellite Mission Director (DMS) David STEFFY OSC
Satellite Project Director (CPS) Tim HEMKE OSC
Satellite Project Director (RPS) Steven THIBAULT OSC

In charge of the launch vehicle

Launch Site Operations Manager (COEL) Pierre-François BENAITEAU ARIANESPACE
ARIANE Production Project Manager (CPAP) Jean-Marie CHOMELOUX ARIANESPACE

In charge of the Guiana Space Center (CSG)

Range Operations Manager (DDO) Thierry BOUFFARD CNES/CSG
Flight Safety Officer (RSV) Yves BORDES CNES/CSG

ANNEX 2 - LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS

Acceptable wind speed limits at liftoff range from between 9 m/s. to 14 m/s. according to the wind direction.
The most critical is a northerly wind. For safety reasons, the wind’s speed on the ground (Kourou) and at a high
altitude (between 10.000 and 2.000 m) is also into account.

ANNEX 3 - THE SYNCHRONIZED SEQUENCE

The synchronized sequence starts 7 minutes before ignition (T-0). It is primarily designed to perform the final
operations on the launcher prior to launch, along with the ultimate checks needed following switchover to
flight configuration. As its name indicates, it is fully automatic, and is performed concurrently by the onboard
computer and by a redundant computer at the ELA 3 launch complex until T-5 seconds.
The computer commands the final electrical operations (startup of the flight program, servocontrols, switching
from ground power supply to onboard batteries, etc.) and associated checks. It also places the propellant and
fluid systems in flight configuration ans performs associated checks. In additionn, it handles the final ground
system configurations, namely :
• startup of water injection in the flame trenches and jet guide (T-30 sec) ;
• hydrogen aspiration for chilldown of Vulcain engine in the jet guite (T-18 sec) ;
• burnoff of hydrogen used for chilldown (T-7 sec).

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At T-3 seconds, the onboard computer takes over control of final engine startup ans liftoff operations :
• It starts the ignition sequence for the Vulcain main stage engine (T-0) ;
• It checks engine operation (from T+4 to T+7 sec) ;
• It commands ignition of the solid boosters for immediate liftoff at T+7.5 seconds.

Any shutdown of the synchronized sequence up to T - 6 mn 30 seconds automatically places

the launcher back in its T-6 min 30 sec configuration.

ANNEX 4 - ARIANESPACE ORDER BOOK

To date 183 satellites and 38 auxiliary payloads have been launched by Arianespace.
Out of the 232 launch services contracted since 1981 by Arianespace and before Flight 140, 38 satellites
Europe International organizations Américas Asia
11 satellites 10 satellites 6 satellites 10 satellites
Artemis Ameristar (Worldspace) Anik F2 (Canada) BSAT-2a & 2B (Japan)
Astra 1K, X Intelsat 902, 903, 904, DirecTV-4S (USA) Insat 3C, 3A & 3E (India)
Atlantic Bird 2 905, 906, 907 GE TBD (USA) JCSat 8 (Japan)
Envisat-1/PPF New Skies Satellites 6 & 7 Loralsat 3 (USA) L-Star A & B
Eurobird Stellat Wild Blue 1 & 2 (USA) (Thaïland/Laos)
Hot Bird 6 N-Star C (Japan)
MSG-1 & 2 Middle-East and Africa Optus C1 (Australia)
1 satellite
Spot 5
Amos 2
Stentor
+ 9 ATV launches

International
• Intelsat
• New Skies Asia
• Stellat • Australia
• Worldspace • India
• Japan
Europe • Thailand / Laos
• ESA
• Eumetsat 10 10
• Eutelsat Americas
• France 6 • Canada
• Luxemburg 11 • USA
1
Middle East and Africa
• Israel

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ANNEX 5 - ARIANESPACE, its relations with ESA et CNES

FROM A PRODUTION BASE IN EUROPE, ARIANESPACE, A PRIVATE COMPANY, SERVES CUSTOMERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Arianespace is the world’s first commercial space transportation company, created in 1980 by 36 leading European aerospace and
electronics corporations, 13 major banks and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales).
The shareholder partners in Arianespace represent the scientific, technical, financial and political capabilities of 12 countries : Belgium,
Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and Sweden.
In order to meet the market needs, Arianespace is present throughout the world : in Europe, with its head office located near Paris,
France at Evry, in North America with its subsidiary in Washington D.C. and in the Pacific Region, with its representative offices
in Tokyo, Japan, and in Singapore.
Arianespace employs a staff of 380. Share capital totals FF 2,088 million.
Arianespace is in charge of these main areas :
❍ markets launch services to customers throughout the world ;
❍ finances and supervises the construction of Ariane expendable launch vehicles ;
❍ conducts launches from Europe’s Spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana ;
❍ insures customers for launch risks.
Personalized reliable service forms an integral part of Arianespace launch package. It includes the assignment of a permanent team of
experts to each mission for the full launch campaign.

The world’s commercial satellite operators habe contracted to launch with Arianespace. This record is the result of our company’s rea-
listic cost-effective approach to getting satllites into orbit.

RELATIONS BETWEEN ESA, CNES AND ARIANESPACE

Development of the Ariane launcher was undertaken by the European Space Agency in 1973. ESA assumed overall direction
of the ARIANE 1 development program, delegating the technical direction and financial management to CNES. The ARIANE 1 launcher
was declared qualified and operational in January 1982. At the end of the development phase which included four launchers,
ESA started the production of five further ARIANE 1 launchers. This program, known as the "promotion series", was carried out with
a management arrangement similar to that for the ARIANE 1 development program.
In January 1980 ESA decided to entrust the commercialization, production and launching of operational launchers to a private-law
industrial structure, in the form of ARIANESPACE company, placing at its disposal the facilities, equipment and tooling needed
of producing and launching the ARIANE launchers.
Ariane follow-on development programs have been undertaken by ESA since 1980. They include a program for developing uprated
versions of the launcher : Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 (qualified in August 1984) ; the program for building a second ARIANE launch site
(ELA 2) (validated in August 1985) ; the Ariane 4 launcher development program (qualified on June 15th, 1988) ; and the preparatory
and development program of the Ariane 5 launcher and its new launch facilities : ELA 3 (qualified on November, 1997). All these
programs are run under the overall direction of ESA, which has appointed CNES as prime contractor.
In general, as soon as an uprated version of the launcher has been qualified 5 Oct, 1998, ESA makes the results of the development
program together with the corresponding production and launch facilities available to ARIANESPACE.
ESA is responsible (as design authority) for development work on the Ariane launchers. The Agency owns all the assets produced under
these development programs. It entrusts technical direction and financial management of the development work to CNES, which writes
the program specifications and places the industrial contracts on its behalf. The Agency retains the role of monitoring the work and
reporting to the participating States.
Since Flight 9 Arianespace has been responsible for building and launching the operational Ariane launchers (as production authority),
and for industrial production management, for placing the launcher manufacturing contracts, initiating procurements, marketing and
providing Ariane launch services, and directing launch operations.

USE OF THE GUIANA SPACE CENTER

The "Centre Spatial Guyanais" (CSG), CNES’s launch base near Kourou, has all the equipment needed for launching spacecraft-radar
tracking stations, telemetry receiving stations, a meteorology station, a telecommand station, safety facilities, etc...
It became operational in 1968 for the purpose of the French National Space Program.
ESA has built its own launch facilities, the ELA 1 and ELA 2 and ELA 3 (for Ariane 5) complexes and the EPCU payload preparation
complex inside the CSG compound, becoming the Europe Space Port. Using these launch pads requires, especially during launch
operations, programs. In return, ESA shares in the costs of operating the CSG.
Arianespace directly covers the costs of use, maintenance and upgrading of the Ariane launch sites and the payload preparation
complex.

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